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APPENDIX D

Visit to Thailand by L.P.R. Browning 24-31 October, 1967

I arrived in Bangkok from Rangoon on 24 October.

2. During my visit I met and had discussions with the following senior police officers:-

3.

Lt. General Chamras Mandukanond, Deputy Tiructor General

Lt. General Yuen Prabhavat

Lt. General Sanguan Jittalarn)

Assistant Director Generals

Lt. General Pote Bekanand, in charge Special Investigation

Branches

Major General Srisook Mahintarep, in charge Training.

I was taken by special police aeroplane to visit Border Patrol Police Headquarters and a Provincial· Police Training School in the South of

Thailand.

4.

(a) At Songkla I visited the No. 9 Region BPP H.Q. and was briefed

on the communist terrorist situation on the Thai/Malaya Border. (b) At Yala I was taken on an inspection of the No. 4 Provincial

Police Training School.

(c) At Hua Hin I visited the BPP parachute training school and

attended a demonstration arranged for me of parachute jumping, air supply techniques and sky-diving from 12,000 ft.

This was

a most impressive demonstration carried through with great skill and showmanship.

While in Bangkok I discussed training requirements for 1968 with

Police Major General Srisook. Courses in Malaysia will follow the

pattern of previous years and will be mainly in Jungle Warfare, Riot

Control and the Techniques of Instruction. I was also asked about the

possibility of sending senior officers on courses in the United Kingdom and I hope arrangements can be made to send two Police Colonels on a

e anior course at either Bramshill or the Scottish Police College. I would also recommend a study-visit to the United Kingdom for General Srisook. He speaks good English, is comparatively young and will have a number more years in his present command in charge of training for the Thai Police. 5. I discussed with Mr. Giles Bullard, the Head of Chancery, in our Embassy in Bangkok, the training requirements for the Thai Police which arose from my talks with them. The Police have asked for a daily allowance of MS 4.00 (about 10/-) to be paid from Training Programme funds when on courses in Malaysia. They say their Government will no longer pay officers an overseas allowance. This, if agreed, will increase the expenditure considerably.

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